Kurt Mahlburg
Kurt Mahlburg is a husband to Angie, a father, a freelance writer, and a familiar Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He is the Senior Editor and a regular columnist at The Daily Declaration. More of his writings can be found at Mercator, Intellectual Takeout, The Spectator Australia, The American Spectator and Caldron Pool.
A published author, Kurt’s breakout title Cross and Culture: Can Jesus Save the West? explores the social and spiritual challenges facing Western nations and the hope Jesus offers in our crisis. Along with Warwick Marsh, Kurt has co-authored several other books, including Great Southland Revival, Power of Prayer, and Jesus: The Centre of It All.
Kurt is passionate about speaking the truths of Jesus into the public square in a way that makes sense to a secular culture and that gives Christians courage to do the same. He has previously studied architecture, worked as a primary school teacher, and served as a missionary and a young adults pastor. Among Kurt’s other interests are philosophy, history, surf, the outdoors, and travel. He hosts his own blog at Cross and Culture.
Articles by Kurt Mahlburg:
9 April 2020
2.5 MINS
It’s a strange time to be celebrating Easter. We would normally be enjoying the long weekend near water or sun, spending time with our friends and extended families, and gathering in our local churches. Instead, for the most part, we will be bunkered down inside [...]
7 April 2020
3.6 MINS
What if this present moment—a time of untold global chaos—was actually a wide open door for you into prosperity? As you read the news, that may seem unlikely. But in recent weeks, there are many around the world who have been seeking out something stronger [...]
1 April 2020
3.2 MINS
A deadly plague has stolen the lives of some 17,500 lives in Australia so far this year. That’s almost 200 people every day, or one every eight minutes. What plague could possibly be so deadly? It is the plague of abortion. We learn some important [...]
27 March 2020
5 MINS
Today was going to be my wedding day. Angie and I had everything planned. A ceremony by the beach; a reception at the winery across the road where I grew up; thirty guests joining us from overseas. But then the coronavirus came. I first read [...]
17 March 2020
4.9 MINS
We are living in a different world to the one we were a week ago. In December 2019, a pneumonia outbreak was detected in the city of Wuhan, China. It was soon traced to a new strain of coronavirus—but not before travellers with coughs and [...]
5 March 2020
5.4 MINS
Is it just me, or is the cultural chasm between “left” and “right” widening by the month? On social media especially, accusations of ignorance and ill motive are thrown about more casually than ever. It’s even common now to see people gloat when their rivals [...]
25 February 2020
4.8 MINS
What price would you pay to follow Jesus? Five hundred years ago, the people of Europe whispered of a mysterious ‘Garden of Eden’ across the seas. It was a distant paradise better known as the Spice Islands, the home of cloves and nutmeg. In London [...]
18 February 2020
4.7 MINS
It’s becoming more obvious with each passing year, and just about everyone in the West will agree: to be a Christian means to walk out of step with mainstream culture. It’s such a fixed feature of modern life that Christians have adapted a variety of [...]
13 February 2020
7 MINS
A couple years back during that infamous postal vote, 62% of Australians who responded (equivalent to just under half of all those eligible to vote) indicated they were in favour of legalising same-sex marriage. During the debate, many warned that if marriage was redefined, a [...]
27 January 2020
4.6 MINS
Like me, you may have noticed the calls growing louder each year to change the date of Australia Day—or even abolish it altogether. This weekend, for example, Greens leader Richard De Natale tweeted: Today is not a day of celebration. For First Nations people it [...]
21 January 2020
2.6 MINS
It almost sounds fictional, doesn’t it? Like a sick plot from a dystopian novel. But here we are in 2020, and governments across the western hemisphere are sending their citizens’—our—tax dollars to abort brown babies in Africa, Asia and Latin America. So much for letting [...]
16 January 2020
10.4 MINS
We mourn with those who have lost loved ones and property in the 2019-2020 Australian bushfires. And yet, through the smoke, we can see the hand of God in many miraculous events that have taken place.
14 January 2020
2.4 MINS
The president of UQ’s conservative Liberal National Club, who protested a children’s drag queen event at a Brisbane library on Sunday, has been found dead. Wilson Gavin, 21, was found by Queensland police and ambulance services at Chelmer Railway Station just after 7am the day [...]
3 January 2020
3.4 MINS
After months of record-breaking drought, our beautiful country of Australia is now facing a terrible season of bushfires. Since October, five million hectares of land have been burnt—an area as big as Croatia. Over 1300 homes have been destroyed, and sadly, 17 people have lost [...]
2 January 2020
5.3 MINS
First it was Brexit in 2016. A few months later it was Trump. In May this year, Australia was stunned to see Scott Morrison soar to victory. And most recently, in a landslide result that stole the world’s attention, Boris Johnson turned Britain blue. Posting [...]
19 December 2019
6.1 MINS
I love Christmas carols. They are the soundtrack of the season. As great as carols are, it’s possible to make it through the whole month of December, hear these tunes, and yet not tune in to what the carols are really saying. On closer inspection, [...]
17 December 2019
10.9 MINS
For a whole range of reasons, I’m now convinced that President Trump will win a second term. Here are 20 reasons I’m almost certain he’ll be reelected in 2020.
11 December 2019
7.7 MINS
Wherever you look, socialism is sexy again. In the UK this week, Jeremy Corbyn is seeking election as the nation’s Prime Minister on a proudly socialist platform. In the US, socialist Bernie Sanders is making a second run for President, and he has the endorsement [...]
9 December 2019
5 MINS
Welcome to Part 2 of Six Myths Christians Should Stop Believing. Some things Christians believe are quite strange. Like the Queen said to Alice of Wonderland fame, even I sometimes catch myself believing as many as six impossible things before breakfast. As believers inhabiting an [...]
6 December 2019
3.8 MINS
Eight months after Rugby Australia sacked star fullback Israel Folau for expressing his faith on Instagram, the two parties have settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. Many Australians—and people the world over—have watched this story with interest, because of its implications for religious [...]





